holiday wrapping & packaging tutorial{from two shades of pink}

by @according2kelly on November 26, 2013

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holiday wrapping & packaging tutorial

Happy Holidays sweet friends! Today I am sharing with you a few of my favorite wrapping ideas I have come up with…some old and some new! My name is Jessica and I blog over at Two Shades of Pinkwhere you can findinspiring diy ideas for the holidays, parties, and packaging.

I truly love a pretty package. It all started with my mom who wrapped such gorgeous gifts for as long as I can remember. It made getting a gift that much more special. I lost my mom a few months ago and this will be my first Christmas without her. Though I am still grieving, it makes my heart smile knowing she gave me a love for pretty packaging.

I am big time crushing on the Felt and Yarn for the colorful packaging above. I will pretty much pom pom anything so putting a bunch of jumbo ones on a box and throwing some washi tape on there for a little something extra (and perfect for a sweet, merry message) was a must. 🙂 I had such fun making these colorful and cozy packages using simple techniques like tying off a box with yarn and making a felt flower garland with a little flag taped on with washi tape.

The above packaging is a Red and Aqua theme. I created whimsical elements here like a lollipop using twine and a lollipop stick. I also glued flattened cupcake liners to make giant polka dots, made a pocket package with extra paper and lined the edge with ribbon. I played around making loopy yarn flowers with a pretty button and created cracker styled packages with shredded paper filler and pom poms for embellishment.

Pom Pom Washi Tags

Glue a lollipop stick to a pom pom and add some washi tape to make whimsical tags for your packages. Here, I used coordinating colored paint chips to create pockets for the gifts.

Red and White Peppermint Elements

Here I used wrapping and tissue paper to decoupage a button, a wood bead and to wrap around a wooden spool. I also made the cute little gift bag with silver grommets and put paper doilies as the filler. Or add a little lace flag to a toothpicks with a little bead glued on top. Probably some of my favorite packaging. 🙂

Hope you enjoyed these packaging ideas and came away a little bit inspired today.

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Thank you for the wonderful inspiration. I have pieces of yarn all over my table, at the moment, and thanks to you - I know exactly what I am going to do with them. Thank you. I am sorry about your mom, but she now inspires me too. Hugs.